A mass of black mist instantly wrapped around Hu Yan, dragging him up into midair.
With Hu Yan's furious roar, lightning streaked wildly through the clouds, blasting straight down from the sky.
From afar, beneath the dark clouds, everything had turned into a sea of thunder.
Even someone as powerful as the Dog King found it hard to dodge lightning that dense. Several bolts struck him one after another!
The moment a bolt hit, the Dog King's entire body went numb, and then even more lightning came crashing down like madness.
"Die!" Hu Yan roared, his eyes rolling back white, like a god of thunder.
Boom boom boom boom, the thunder was deafening, lightning flashing everywhere!
In an instant, the dim heavens and earth were lit up by streak after streak of heavenly lightning.
After hundreds of lightning strikes, the Dog King dropped to one knee, gasping heavily!
Even though Hu Yan's base attack was not high, after entering the strange second stage, his attributes had surged dramatically. Those hundreds of lightning strikes had dealt massive damage to the Dog King.
"Graaah!" The Dog King suddenly threw his head back and roared. "I'll kill you!"
Hu Yan coldly stared at the Dog King. This guy had already been badly wounded by the Demon-Slaying Sword, then heavily injured again by the overwhelming heavenly lightning, yet he still had the strength to fight.
Not only that, in his rage, the Dog King's explosive power surged. In a flash, he leapt dozens of meters into the air and lunged straight at Hu Yan.
"Wind Whisper Incantation!" Hu Yan hastily dodged.
But the Dog King pursued relentlessly. He no longer cared about Ruan Yu at all. Right now, all he wanted was to kill Hu Yan!
"Thunder Net!" Hu Yan seized the chance to lay down a thunder net, but the Dog King ignored the electric shocks, relying on brute force to break straight through it.
"I'm a King-tier. Your thunder net can't trap me!" The Dog King pounced at Hu Yan like a madman.
After dodging several attacks, Hu Yan was already nearly out of stamina.
Meanwhile, Ruan Yu chased closely behind the Dog King, constantly creating trouble for him.
The battle had entered its final stage!
Hu Yan had already been badly injured before. Even after entering the second form, his earlier wounds caused his stamina to drop even faster.
After seven or eight minutes of fierce combat, Hu Yan's strength was finally exhausted, and the Dog King was about to leap right in front of him.
"Die!" the Dog King roared as his sharp claws reached Hu Yan.
At that critical instant, just as the claws were about to fall, a longsword blocked in front of Hu Yan.
"You're my man!" Ruan Yu shouted angrily.
But Ruan Yu was no match for the Dog King's furious strike. With a loud boom, both Ruan Yu and Hu Yan were blasted out of midair like cannonballs, smashed straight into the ground.
With a heavy crash, the ground shook violently, dust flying everywhere. Hu Yan and Ruan Yu lay on the ground, completely unable to move.
After landing, the Dog King looked down at the two lying there, narrowed his eyes, and sneered. "Finally dealt with… You two are indeed quite strong, far stronger than the War Gods I've killed before. Unfortunately, you ran into me!"
As he spoke, the Dog King walked step by step toward Hu Yan and Ruan Yu.
Hu Yan tried to get up, but his body had already lost all sensation. He only felt intense pain all over and couldn't move at all.
Thankfully, Ruan Yu had helped him take that last blow. Otherwise, he would probably have been killed instantly.
"Ruan Gui…" Hu Yan called out to Ruan Yu. "Get up. We can't lose!"
Ruan Yu slowly opened his eyes. He tried to move, only to find that his entire body, except for his head, was completely immobile.
"Little Hu, I can't move… Little Hu, there's actually something I've always wanted to tell you… Now I finally have the chance to say it. Honestly, your figure is really hot. I've been drooling over it…"
"Shut up!" Hu Yan interrupted him mercilessly.
If even a single finger could move, he would have wanted to kill Ruan Yu first.
Hu Yan glanced sideways at Jiang Kai. Captain Kai still hadn't woken up.
It's over!
The Dog King walked up to them, looking down at the heavily injured pair, snorted coldly, and said, "Weaklings will always be weaklings. No matter how much you struggle, it's useless!"
"You caused me so much trouble. Killing you outright would be too merciful. I'll rip out your hearts and lungs, make you suffer to the fullest, and let you die in despair!"
With that, he raised his right hand, revealing sharp claws, aimed at Hu Yan's heart, and slashed down viciously!
Completely stripped of any fighting ability, Hu Yan spoke weakly.
"Captain Kai… I'm sorry. You've always been the one protecting us. When it really mattered, we still couldn't protect you…"
"I'm too useless…"
Just as the Dog King's claw was about to fall, suddenly, he sprang backward from his spot at incredible speed.
In the next second, a streak of sword light grazed past his body and shot diagonally forward, stabbing into the ground right in front of Hu Yan and Ruan Yu!
Hu Yan stared wide-eyed at the longsword before him.
"The Demon… Demon-Slaying Sword?!"
Ruan Yu's eyes widened too. "Such a sexy longsword!"
The Dog King stared in shock at the Demon-Slaying Sword embedded in the ground.
The sword's energy had already been completely depleted earlier, so its blade no longer emitted any light.
Yet in that instant just now, he had clearly felt an immense threat.
At that moment, a deep voice rang out.
"Dog King, do you know what happens when you touch my friends?"
Everyone present turned to look at Jiang Kai.
He was still standing there with his eyes closed, completely motionless.
Suddenly, Jiang Kai opened his eyes.
"There's only one outcome. Death!" As soon as the words fell, Jiang Kai's figure flashed and appeared instantly in front of Hu Yan and Ruan Yu.
Ruan Yu was covered in wounds. In his drunken state, if he weren't on the verge of death, he would definitely still be chasing after the Dog King. The fact that even he couldn't move showed just how severe his injuries were.
Jiang Kai then looked over at Hu Yan. Faint wisps of black mist still lingered around his side.
Jiang Kai crouched down and stuffed a numbing divine potato strip into Hu Yan's mouth.
"You used the second form?"
Hu Yan nodded with difficulty.
Jiang Kai's heart ached. "Try not to use it in the future. The source of power for strange professions is still unclear. You're trading your soul. You don't even know who the other party is or what their goal is. It's far too dangerous."
"Captain Kai, I…"
"I know!" Hu Yan nodded heavily. "You did it to protect me."
"Captain Kai, that guy is still holding back terrifying strength."
Jiang Kai smiled faintly. "Get some rest. Leave the rest to me."
With that, Jiang Kai stood up and walked toward the Dog King. As he passed the Demon-Slaying Sword, he casually pulled it out.
The Dog King narrowed his eyes at Jiang Kai and snorted. "So, you're here to be my extra meal?"
"Your Demon-Slaying Sword is already out of energy. You don't seriously think you still have a chance, do you? Even if another hundred War Gods came, the result would be the same!"
Jiang Kai stopped about ten meters in front of the Dog King.
He gripped the sword with both hands, turned sideways with the blade pointed at the Dog King, and said slowly, "To kill you, one sword is enough!"
The Dog King immediately grew serious, killing intent surging in his eyes.
The feeling Jiang Kai gave him was strangely similar to that of the Demon-Slaying Sword itself!
This time, the Dog King no longer dared to be careless. "Since you're the master of this sword, then it seems I'll have to give you a proper welcome!"
As he spoke, the muscles in both of the Dog King's arms suddenly bulged, ripping straight through the skin and swelling to three or four times their original size. The two massive arms were bloody and covered in dense, solid muscle.
"It's your honor to witness this move!" the Dog King roared angrily. "Demon King Awakening!"
In that instant, Hu Yan and the others even saw what seemed like a gigantic canine demon, nearly sixty meters tall, appear behind the Dog King!
It wasn't a real image, but the overwhelming aura of a Demon King erupting from him!
As the demon's arms smashed forward, the surrounding air turned into violent currents, and even the dark clouds in the sky began to churn along with it!
"Wrath of the Heavenly Demon! All of you, go die!"
"T-this Dog King actually still has such a terrifying killing move!" Hu Yan exclaimed. "This is bad. Captain Kai can't block it!"
Facing the Dog King's ultimate strike, killing intent was fully decided in Jiang Kai's eyes. He let out a low shout.
"Sword Shakes the Nine Heavens!"
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